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Home Available from Denman Studios Available from These Fine Galleries Available at Special Events Limited Edition Reproductions Archive of Previous Work Solo Touring Show: The Modern Wild About the Artist Contact Purchasing Information News & Events Teaching & Workshops Videos Commission Policy Galleries Newsletter & Mailing List Facebook Linked In Links	<Back to Thumbnails "Study for String Theory #2" 16 x 6.5" Mixed Media with 23kt Gold Leaf on Watercolor Board2017 Mountain Chickadees SOLD This piece will be available from The National Museum of Wildlife Art in their 31st Anniversary Western Visions Show and Sale from September 8th through October 7th, 2018. Please contact the Western Visions Coordinator, Amy Goicoechea, at the musuem for more information on how to make a purchase: (307) 732-5424. . How to buy, General Information The idea for the “String Theory” series came to me while watching goldfinches hanging from a bird feeder at a friend’s home. I suddenly envisioned a vertically striped color field with birds swinging on one of the narrower stripes as if it were a cord. It struck me as a very different way to explore the same concept that initially inspired my “Modern Camouflage” series, the juxtaposition of flat and illusionistic treatments. The first such finished piece will debut in the UK in November of 2018 and features blue tits. This is a study for a follow-up piece, hopefully the first of many, and focuses on the common but beautiful mountain chickadee. Because the birds are black, grey, and white, they lent themselves beautifully to graphite, and their monochrome quality left the door wide open to whatever color scheme I could imagine. In this case I went with a sophisticated but lively combination of carmine, pink, oxblood, and gold, a nod to the somewhat eastern-inspired composition.
Welcome to the online home for artwork by Andrew Denman, a California –based, internationally recognized, award-winning contemporary wildlife artist. Denman primarily paints wildlife and animal subjects in a unique, hallmark style combining hyper-realism with stylization and abstraction. His dynamic and original acrylic paintings can be found in museum collections on two continents and in numerous private collections in the USA and abroad. His clear voice, unique vision, and commitment to constant artistic experimentation have positioned him on the forefront of an artistic vanguard of the best contemporary wildlife and animal painters working today. All artwork and text featured on this page and throughout this website is protected by international copyright laws. Use of these images or text is prohibited without the express written permission of Andrew Denman.